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Continued from page 2 design review process, prior to the granting of any entitlements, thereby protecting the historic resource, which would be considered part of the environment.”

In the same report, the zoo structures are referred to as “a fine example of the Googie (architectural) style developed out of mid-century modern architecture.”

The Sacramento-based architectural fi rm, Rickey & Brooks, was commissioned to design these structures, which feature a hyperbolic paraboloid roof design. The project was completed in 1961.

In providing background to the nomination, Sean de Courcy, the city’s preservation director, noted that a 2011 survey of historic resources at William Land Park – conducted by the Sacramento-based architectural and engineering fi rm, Mead & Hunt – represented the fi rst time that the zoo’s entrance structures were identified as potential historic resources.

He added that the nonprofit organization, Sacramento Modern, later sponsored an additional evaluation of the zoo’s entrance structures by Mead & Hunt.

“(Sacramento Modern) prepared a National Register (of Historic Places) nomination for these structures, which has formed the basis for this local nomination,” de Courcy said.

Prior to voting in favor of the Sacramento Register designation for the zoo’s entrance structures, Sacramento City Council Member Katie Valenzuela expressed her support.

“The zoo is beloved for many a reason and anybody who’s been on Land Park Drive knows that entrance and knows what that entrance looks like,” she said.

“It is so much a part of Land Park that having this marked as (a) historic resource makes just all the sense in the world,” she said.